Turning Airpoint Dollars into Credits?
Sep 27, 2020, 8:54 pm
#1
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Brisbane, Australia
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Turning Airpoint Dollars into Credits?
Hi All
I've got a crazy idea but just wondering if it's possible.
Is it possible to book fantasy domestic NZ flights using Airpoints dollar (with no intention of using them) and then cancel them turning them into a credit?
The website seems to indicate this is the case which would perhaps prolong expiring airpoints? Is my understanding of this correct?
If doing this does it take a long time to cancel NZ domestic flights and receive the credit back and would it make a difference if it's a flexidate fare?
I've got a crazy idea but just wondering if it's possible.
Is it possible to book fantasy domestic NZ flights using Airpoints dollar (with no intention of using them) and then cancel them turning them into a credit?
The website seems to indicate this is the case which would perhaps prolong expiring airpoints? Is my understanding of this correct?
If doing this does it take a long time to cancel NZ domestic flights and receive the credit back and would it make a difference if it's a flexidate fare?
Last edited by henrus; Sep 27, 2020 at 9:00 pm
Sep 28, 2020, 12:16 am
#4
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 909
I can and actually want to book flights with my existing credits sometime this year but it'd be great to use the airpoints as well as I'm about $200 short on the credit amounts.
I don't think Australian airpoints accounts have a store that you can use them in. I intend to fly later this year from Brisbane to Norfolk Island and not trying to burn them on random stuff.
Sep 29, 2020, 12:12 am
#5
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: NZ
Programs: NZ*E, QF-G, EK-P
Posts: 605
Yes.
But flight has to cancel out - Air NZ won’t let you cancel into a credit from airpoints dollars if the flight is scheduled to operate, if they cancel it, they will.
Probably IT hasn’t kept up with process. I have used Airpoints credited to a flight credit to earn both SPs and Airpoints - I imagine this isn’t their intent but to hard to fix?
But flight has to cancel out - Air NZ won’t let you cancel into a credit from airpoints dollars if the flight is scheduled to operate, if they cancel it, they will.
Probably IT hasn’t kept up with process. I have used Airpoints credited to a flight credit to earn both SPs and Airpoints - I imagine this isn’t their intent but to hard to fix?